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For what it's worth: There is a small arc in one of the circles of Hell devoted to people who document their work using broken links.
When I've used third-party work in any form, I make it a practice of keeping a local copy of their documentation whenever possible. Most of the time this is easy, as the documentation is usually a set of static web pages or a PDF.
Too many times I've had the creator move links, abandon the work, or simply go out of existence net-wise.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Links? Broken or otherwise?
Yes plz.
I didn't even get those. I had to google for what I found.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Merry Christmas, Bill!
How is the new job at Dignitas working out for you? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: How is the new job at Dignitas working out for you?
I had to quit: the idea of two hot meals day was enticing, but I couldn't stand the taste of Soylent Green [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Ah. You felt like a Stranger in a Strange Land?
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'Yes, like this: [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I grok that!
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Ah now that is just disappointing, I got all excited that someone had finally made a film of that particular classic.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Isn't it crazy SIASL has never been made into a movie, or tv series ? I read the SyFy channel was going to do it, years ago. Another SF classic that I think could be great on film is LeGuin's "Left Hand of Darkness."
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Ringworld, or better all the Known Space stories - done right, they could be superb.
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OriginalGriff wrote: done right, they could be superb
Aye, there's the rub. Animating a Puppeteer, with appropriate gait and motions, would be no mean trick.
Hmm. Who would you want to play Louis Wu? Teela Brown? I assume Speaker-To-Animals would be CGI, so voice?
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Bring it up to date a little - more in keeping with the modern world - and make Louis Wu female: Dominique Tipper?
Teela Brown? s a tricky one - I've always considered her as "young, blonde, and "cheerleader-ish", but I'm not au fait with actresses like that.
Speaker is voice only, so ... Samuel L Jackson?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Dominique Tipper
Wow she dresses down in Expanse.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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If you're switching genders on the characters:
Louisa Wu: Katie Sackhoff
Teller Brown: Tobey Maguire
OriginalGriff wrote: Speaker is voice only, so ... Samuel L Jackson?
Hmm. I was thinking a voice with a lower register, given Speaker's size. Idris Elba, perhaps. James Earl Jones would be good too.
Aha! Vin Diesel.
We also need a voice (if not an entire choir) for Nessus. Karen Carpenter would have been perfect, but she's long passed. The voice would probably have an effect with it, since Nessus speaks with both mouths at once in harmony.
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Nessus: Sharon den Adel, and Mariah Carey simultaneously. The two sets of vocal chords (or puppeteer equivelant) probably wouldn't be the same tone, so one low register and one high register female speaking / singing the same words at the same time, or "entwining" them to melody perhaps?
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BillWoodruff wrote: this: [^]
For those who don't speak Dutch, "Gevaarlijk Goed", in this context, means either "Perilously Pretentious" or something that ends with a p*.
* No, I don't mean a six-pack
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Maybe he just isn't a people person??? 
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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Sick 
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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That's...the darkest thing I've ever read coming from you, Bill. I did not expect this.
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William Blake, The Four Zoas: Night the Eighth:Quote: “All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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BillWoodruff wrote: William Blake, The Four Zoas: Night the Eighth:Quote: “All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
To which John Flaxman replied:Quote: Anyway, Bill, 'ow ya been keepin'?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I... had the exact same thought. Rather out of character for Bill.
@BillWoodruff ^
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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dandy72 wrote: .the darkest thing I've ever read coming from you,
Hard to tell. Most of what he posts I don't understand anyway. It could all be dark for all I know. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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ZurdoDev wrote: could all be dark for all I know
You are very close to the light, there.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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